History Main / BoxingBattler

* Little Mac from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' appears in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' as an [[AssistCharacter Assist Trophy]], where he hits opponents using boxing techniques and dashes. He's actually one of the most useful Assist Trophies. He later became an AscendedExtra, becoming playable in the ''Wii U/3DS''. Everything he does is based around boxing. No cheap shots; just quick, clean, and powerful punches.
* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Hitmonchan from [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue the first generation games]] is a Pokémon able to use almost any punching technique (including elemental punches), and has built-in RedBoxingGloves. Up until [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Generation IV]], it was pretty much useless, since the elemental punches were based on its awful Special Attack rather than Physical Attack, which as a boxer is obviously its better stat.

* Little Mac from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' appears in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' as an [[AssistCharacter Assist Trophy]], where he hits opponents using boxing techniques and dashes. He's actually one of the most useful Assist Trophies.
** Mac later becomes an AscendedExtra and is playable in the WiiU[=/=]3DS game, and everything he does is based around boxing. No cheap shots; just quick, clean, and powerful punches.

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Murota is a bit character who gains [[CombatClairvoyance precognative abilities]] at one point. He uses the powers to become a successful boxer, but also cleans the floor with some of Yusuke's allies using boxing moves.

* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' allows players to build their own combos, which of course lets players customize himself to use nothing but boxing moves. Even so, based on cutscenes and boss fights, Gene definitely has several boxing techniques and characteristics in his canon fighting style.

* Chibodee Crocket from ''Anime/GGundam'' uses a mishmash of [[{{Eagleland}} "American"]] techniques and weapons, but his primary fighting style is boxing based. In fact, his [[HumongousMecha Gundam]] can eject its [[IKnowMaddenKombat football shoulder pads]] and attach them to its fists to boost its punching power.
* Ikki Takeda "The Puncher" in ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' is a boxer who frequently matches up with martial artists. Although he twice lost matches against [[IdiotHero Kenichi]], the first match he was [[HandicappedBadass only using one hand]] and the second match was stopped by his trainer. He later does much of his training in the underground fighting rings, where he goes against people of all sorts of fighting styles and wins with his fists.
* Interesting Manga-example from ''BlackGod'' is Kuro. Kuro, a Mototsumitama, is often frowned upon for using boxing, a human fighting style, when she fights. Which is funny because she usually wins.
* Minai from ''CorpsePrincess''. In the DVD exlusive prequel episode, when Minai is asked if she has any fighting skills after becoming a Shikabane Hime, she says she knows some boxing, which becomes her fighting style against Shikabane.

* Wildcat from TheDCU uses no weapons and was a BadassNormal until a {{Retcon}} [[EmpoweredBadassNormal slowed his aging.]] He's just a champion boxer who fights crime in a cat mask.
* The Champion of the Universe, a cosmic-level entity in the MarvelUniverse knows many fighting styles and has access to the Power Eternal. Despite this, he used the power primarily to hone his body to physical perfection (as opposed to other wielders of the power who use energy blasts or more creative uses), and chooses to go from planet to planet, challenging the best of the planet to boxing matches with the fate of the planet on the line should he win.

* The protagonists of LouisLAmour are often trained in boxing (a suspicious number by the frequently name-dropped real-world boxer Jem Mace), and tend to find themselves up against fighters who use less scientific methods, or had been used to simply relying on size and strength to beat weaker opponents. L'Amour himself was a professional boxer when he was younger.

* Marvelous Marc Mero (formerly known as "Johnny B. Badd") used a boxing gimmick as a professional wrestler in the Wrestling/{{WWF}}. He came to the ring in boxing trunks rather than UnderwearOfPower and used boxing moves (albeit bareknuckle) when he could.

* [[ShockAndAwe Akihiko Sanada]] from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' was a boxer before he [[EmpoweredBadassNormal became a Persona-user]], and his style of fighting is still based around boxing moves.

* Dudley from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' is a British boxer who's a QuintessentialBritishGentleman, though he does have a few illegal techniques in his roster. He's also never seen without his [[RedBoxingGloves big blue boxing gloves]].

* Yugo Ohgami, from ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'', is a professional boxer, who also uses martial arts and street fighting. Making him more of a MMA style character, though boxing is his primary means of attack.
* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' has Mickey Rogers, a former boxing champion who lost his career [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength after he accidentally killed a man in the ring.]] Despite this, he isn't limited to punches, thanks to his [[CallingYourAttacks "Burning Upper" and "Rolling Upper"]] projectile attacks; giving him a play style similar to [[StreetFighterII Sagat.]]
* ''VideoGame/KingOfFighters''
** Heavy D!, as the leader of American Sports Club, uses standard boxing techniques in the KOF tournament.
** Vanessa combines boxing with [[FlashStep flash stepping]] for truly RapidFireFisticuffs and insane combos!

* Little Mac from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' appears in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' as an assist trophy, where he hits opponents using boxing techniques and dashes. It's actually one of the most useful assist trophies.

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Hitmonchan from [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue the first generation games]] is a Pokemon able to use almost any punching technique (including elemental punches), and has built-in RedBoxingGloves. Up until Generation IV it was pretty much useless, since the elemental punches were based on its awful Special Attack rather than Physical Attack, which as a boxer is obviously its better stat.

* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Night Shift]] of ''{{Skylanders}}'' was a retired professional boxer before becoming one of the Skylanders in charge of protecting Cloudbreak.

* Yang, the BareFistedMonk in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has a fighting style that's a mishmash of many styles under RuleOfCool, but boxing techniques and stances are among her most visible influences. Based on her blocking and footwork (specifically how she slides to dodge attacks), she fights like a boxer, with some martial arts training to integrate her legs.

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* Esther de Groot, of the Franchise/BobbinsVerse, is a skinny goth girl who often wears a tutu. She fights under the Marquess of Queensbury rules, and her record when last reported was [[http://www.scarygoround.com/scare/?date=20101112 28 fights, won 27 (14 by TKO), drawn 1.]] And as [[http://www.scarygoround.com/scare/?date=20101115 she demonstrates here,]] she's perfectly able to use these skills in no-holds barred combat with other martial artists, even if she's not above using dirty tricks and psychology to get an edge on them.

* Balrog from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', a big ScaryBlackMan with big RedBoxingGloves. Notably, his name in the Japanese version was M. Bison, an obvious play off of real life boxer Mike Tyson. The M. Bison name was then given the BigBad to avoid being too obvious.

* ComicBook/Daredevil's fighting style is described by [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]] as "old-school jujutsu-- with a little New York Irish Boxer thrown in for good measure." Makes sense, considering Daredevil's father was a professional boxer.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' has Alito, one of the Seven Barian Lords, whose signature "Battlin' Boxer" monsters fit this archetype.

* TokugawaIeyasu from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara: Samurai Heroes'', as a part of his CharacterDevelopment, shifts from being a [[BladeOnAStick spear-wielder]] to a bare-fisted boxer. Complete with wearing a boxer's hoodie.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onimusha}} Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams]]'': Roberto Frois is a [[ButNotTooForeign half-Japanese]] [[ReligiousBruiser Christian missionary]] whose weapon of choice are the "Exorcising Beads" implanted in his arms. Whereas the other characters use weapons like swords, all of Roberto's attacks are boxing techniques done by his fists. This means that when you use the special CounterAttack "[[OneHitKill Issen]]" as Roberto, you can actually [[SingleStrokeBattle slice through your enemies]] with your ''fists'' the same way if you would be using a sword.

* Twister from ''Film/IpMan 2'' is a socipathic Chinese-hating British boxing champion. He viciously beats an elderly asthmatic martial arts master [[spoiler: to death]] in a match, despite the fact that Twister was wearing gloves and the martial artist was allowed to use kicks and throws. He even nearly defeated the titular Ip Man, who usually borders on InvincibleHero in sheer battle prowess.

* Twister from ''Film/IpMan 2'' is the British boxing champion. He manages to beat an extremely skilled martial artist [[spoiler: to death]] in a match, despite the fact that Twister was wearing gloves and the martial artist was allowed to use kicks and throws, while Twister only used punches. He even nearly defeated the titular Ip Man, who bordered on InvincibleHero.

* ''YuGiOhZEXAL'' has Alito, one of the Seven Barian Lords, whose signature "Battlin' Boxer" monsters fit this archetype.